You Can Drive But You Cannot Hide: Detection of Hidden Cellular GPS Vehicle...
summary
A practical method detects hidden 4G LTE IoT GPS trackers by scanning device uplink bursts rather than noisy downlink traffic, using a cheap TinySA spectrum analyzer and a database of local carrier uplink bands. Tests on five off‑the‑shelf trackers over AT&T and T‑Mobile show consistent spikes above 20 dBm and an R² ≈ 1 for signal strength vs distance within a 3‑foot detection radius. Limitations: single vehicle model tested and no Verizon devices.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Hidden GPS tracker threats
- 1:13Stalking problem scale
- 2:40Off-the-shelf GPS tracker spread
- 4:22Privacy risks and detection gaps
- 5:05Prior work and our approach
- 7:15Research questions and challenges
- 8:40Detecting uplink signals
- 11:51Experimental setup and testing
- 12:55Results and detection range
- 13:59Limitations and future work
- 14:405G and 6G threat evolution
- 15:01App-based detection vision
- 16:03Conclusion
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